The nation's top women scientists discuss specific challenges that women in science still face [New York Times]

Pop culture charged along:

Pixar releases the trailer for Brave, their first (and long overdue) animated film featuring a strong, female lead. [ThinkProgress]

As we approach "Global Smurf Day," Roi Ben-Yehuda wonders if the TV show was anti-semitic and misogynist [Forward]

Miss USA contestants were not really sure that evolution should be taught in schools. Or at least, not as the "only point of view." After all, it's just a theory. [Watch on Jezebel] This video prompted a fabulous satirical response video asking Miss USA contestants if math should be taught in school [Watch on Youtube]

New York passed gay marriage!

The passage of gay marriage in New York means that Conservative rabbis might have to clarify their stance on the issue [Foward]

New York clerks who oppose gay marriage are refusing to sign gay marriage certificates, using the same arugments as religious anti-aboriton pharmacists in refusing to dispense Plan B. The Campaign for Children and their Families equated the act of signing a gay marriage license to being a willing executioner in the Holocaust. “Ask your county clerk if they were a Nazi officer during WWII and had been ordered to gas the Jews, would they?” [Feministe]